nexum
noun
nex·um
ˈneksəm
plural -s
Roman law
: a formal contract of loan with coin and balance in the presence of five witnesses under which the obligor could be seized and held in bondage for failure to perform
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from neuter of nexus, past participle of nectere to bind
- disinclining
- disincorporate
- disincorporated
- disincorporates
- disincorporating
- disincorporation
- disincorporations
- disindividualise
- disindividualised
- disindividualises
- disindividualising
- disindividualized
- disindividualizes
- disindividualizing
- disindustrialise
- disindustrialised
- disindustrialises
- disindustrialising
- disindustrialized
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- disindustrializing
- disinfect
- disinfectant
- disinfectants
- disinfected